Archdiocese of Arequipa


The Archdiocese of Arequipa is a Latin Church archdiocese of the Catholic Church located in the city of Arequipa in Peru. It was erected by Pope Gregory XIII on 15 April 1577 at the request of King Philip II of Spain. The current Archbishop is Javier Augusto Del Río Alba since 21 October 2006.

History

Ordinaries

Diocese of Arequipa

Erected: 15 April 1577
Latin Name: Arequipensis
Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Lima

Archdiocese of Arequipa

Elevated: 23 May 1943

Other affiliated bishops

Coadjutor bishops

  • Manuel Segundo Ballón Manrique
  • Javier Augusto Del Río Alba

Auxiliary bishops

  • Juan Manuel Moscoso y Peralta, appointed Bishop of Córdoba, Argentina
  • Giuseppe Luca Barranco, O. de M., never consecrated
  • Daniel Figueroa Villón, appointed Bishop of Huancayo
  • José Germán Benavides Morriberón
  • Lorenzo Unfried Gimpel, M.F.S.C., appointed Prelate of Tarma
  • Felipe María Zalba Elizalde, O.P., appointed Prelate of Chuquibamba
  • Raúl Antonio Chau Quispe

Other priests of this diocese who became bishops

  • Santiago José O' Phelan Recabarren, appointed Bishop of Ayacucho o Huamanga in 1841
  • Julián Ochoa Campos, appointed Bishop of Cuzco in 1864
  • Pedro José Chávez Ponce, appointed Bishop of Puno in 1875
  • Valentín Ampuero Núñez, appointed Bishop of Puno in 1909
  • Juan Gualberto Guevara y de la Cuba, appointed Bishop of Trujillo in 1940
  • Pedro Alberto Bustamante López, appointed Prelate of Sicuani in 2013

Suffragan dioceses